the mcdaniels // family session!

Today I'm so excited to share with you the family photos of the McDaniel family. This family is very dear to me...Shelayne is such a great friend of mine, and she and her husband have raised some of the most precious kiddos in the world! To say I love this family is quite the understatement. :)

We had SO much fun on this session! Here, just see for yourself...

pyatt family // nashville, tn family portrait session

Recently I had the chance to photograph the Pyatt family - Julie (Jonathan's sister), Kenny, and Kate! I can't get over how much our niece Kate has grown! I try to take pictures of her whenever we see them...because I know that she's only going to grow up faster and faster. To see just how much she's grown up already, you can look at her newborn pictures, 3 months, 8 months, 1 year...and here she is with her family at 14 months!

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Oh, isn't she the cutest?! Ah, I love her to pieces! So glad I got to take these family portraits for them. :)

Looking through my recent blog posts I realized that almost all I've been blogging about lately has been work related. I really need to work on getting some more personal posts up here! I'm going to try to get better at this.

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July and are thoroughly enjoying this summer!

Love,

Tiffany

easter family photos.

On Easter Sunday I had the chance to photograph many of the families at our church, Full Life Assembly of God. The setup was simple with a white background and a couple of continuous lights. This was definitely different from what I'm used to...normally my sessions are on-location and outdoors, but this was a more studio type setting. Even though it was different, I really had a blast with it! Since Jonathan and I are still fairly new to our church, it was great to interact with everyone and get to know some new families we hadn't met yet.

Here are a few shots from that day...

After we were finished with the long list of families to photograph, we couldn't help but take some fun shots with some of our friends...

A special thanks goes to my friend, Kelsey (pictured above right), who helped me stay organized and get everyone in and out in a timely manner. She was such a lifesaver! Thanks, Kelsey! :)

I hope you all are having a fantastic week! My updating hasn't been as often as I would like, but life has been busy and I've come to terms with the fact that it's okay if I don't post something every single day. :)

I'll try to write a personal post soon and maybe even share a picture of Max, because I know you miss seeing his face on here.

Love,

-Tiffany

the pierce family.

Last weekend I had the joy of going to the Pierce's home to take their family portraits. We had a really great time with them. I absolutely love when people choose to have their session at a place that is special and personal to them.

Being a complete dog lover myself, I was thrilled when Carlena said she wanted to include their puppies in one of the shots. Junior and JoJo were very cooperative and looked straight at the camera for me. I was very impressed! :)

Steven.

{I loved how he and JoJo matched, unintentionally of course.}

Brantley.

Ariana.

{she was such a good sport being out in the cold in her short sleeves!}

Scott and Carlena.

I really love photographs of people laughing...especially when it's a family laughing together. It makes me smile. :) You can really see the joy that this family shares together.

While there, I just had to get some shots of the puppies. They made such great models and were very cooperative (it probably helped that Jonathan was holding a dog treat over my head...)

I think JoJo pulls off this look quite nicely.

When we were heading home from the session, I just couldn't stop smiling. I was completely overwhelmed with joy at the fact that I get to do this as my job (although it doesn't feel like work at all.) I have the opportunity to meet and get to know wonderful people, and to photograph their love for each other. To me, that is priceless.